Kalee, Kalee, Kalee...

Kalee lost her 3rd tooth this weekend...unexpectedly! She was in her room and was supposed to be getting ready for bed - only she got distracted with practicing her high kicks (who wouldn't?)!!! Anyway, out she comes, hysterical, and tells us that she accidently knocked her tooth out...how, we ask...and then comes the high kick explanation. She goes to the bathroom to wash her mouth out, and is still hysterical...she doesn't know where the tooth is...owwwww, it hurts...and worst of all...I LOOK WEIRD!!! She went on and on for about 15 minutes, with the deep gulps of air type of crying. Finally, she admits that it doesn't really hurt anymore, but the problem is that she looks weird - in her words, she has an L shape in her mouth - oh no!!! But, daddy to the rescue. After trying to convince her that everyone loses teeth and she doesn't look weird (which does NOT work!) Rich told her about her beloved Uncle Stevie and how he didn't have any of his front teeth for a while - and then all was better with the world!

Kalee has also mastered (well, almost) the headstand this weekend. Actually, I guess mastered might not be quite the right word...she gets it right about 1 out of 5 times, but she sure is a riot to watch!

Isn't he just beautiful?????

Some of you have been asking for an update on Andrew, so here goes - short and sweet! He turned 9 months old on Tuesday and is doing wonderful! Steve and Betsy report that the dr's are just amazed at his progress - in every way. He is truly a little miracle! They have all settled down into a "normal" routine at home - and he is enjoying doing all the fun baby stuff! He still receives his feeds through a tube that goes directly to his stomach, but Betsy has also been giving him some baby food through his mouth, enjoying all the great looks that baby's give when they taste something for the first time! He will need additional surgery(s), but in the meantime he is just growing stronger and bigger with each day. And, I'm sure you noticed the cheeks - aren't they just the best?!!! Can't wait for Christmas!

A day at Six Flags

Kalee and I went to Six Flags last Sunday, just to ride all the kid rides. We had a blast. The weather was beautiful (high of 77), and the park was relatively empty! We walked onto every ride (we even rode the log flume water ride 3 times in a row, without having to get out of our log), except for one - the best kid roller coaster, of course! Kalee said her favorite rides were the log flume and Thunder River, a white water raft ride where you get soaked from head to toe! I cheated on that ride...I bought a poncho! Anyway, here a few pics from the day.

We've got House Plans!

We have finally gotten the final plans completed on our house ~ Rich is excited and I am nervous! We will meet with the builder sometime next week to get a final price from him and go over all the specifics. We are hoping to do a few things ourselves, to save some moola! Good thing I like to paint!! Here are some pics...

Main Floor

Basement

Cheerleading - night 2!

See, told you it was cold! Kalee even had to wear her long sleeved under shirt.

Some random things...

Cool weather has arrived - ahhhhh, so nice! I left for lunch today and put on my light jacket when I stepped outside. Poor Kalee, though...she left for school in a tank top and I noticed she left her jacket on the chair!
Anyway, the real purpose of this post is the video(s) below...for those of you who know and love Kalee...you need no explanation! For those of you who don't know Kalee as well (but still love her!!!) I don't have an explanation to give you! This girl is too much!! But, so much fun to watch!

Uncle Steve - Kalee must get her rapping ability from you!

Grammie T - notice the belt around the shorts...the outfit would not have been complete without that final item! Also, notice that she is doing all this dancing around in little wedge heel shoes. Where does this come from?????? Take comfort in the fact that she is no longer allowed to wear the shorts (hootchie shorts, as we call them) out in public. Although, she swears that they are not too tight! I also had to remove a pair of pants that fit last fall, and are now so tight that they appear to be a second layer of skin! Again, she just thought they were the best thing and just strutted around like she was on a catwalk! I laugh just thinking about it!

Hunter is taking over...

So, we settled on the name Hunter. The only other option that Kalee could come up with was Spot...and we just couldn't do that!!! Anyway, he is doing well - only whined/howled for 3 nights or so, thank goodness, because that howl was fierce! Thankfully my grandma sleeps without her hearing aides, so we just let him howl away. He hasn't had any accidents in his crate and has only had 2 in the house - thankful for the concrete floors!!! He is very skiddish - just like Jade, which is a bummer, but we'll work on bringing him out of that and not encourage it like we did with Jade (so yes, no stare down contests, no submission holds, etc)! Jade is adjusting - I wouldn't say she likes him yet, but maybe soon! Daisy (my parents dog) absolutely hates him! She used to sneak down to the basement to play with Jade whenever someone left the stairway door open - now she won't come down at all. Pretty funny! The pics are of Jade's spot on the couch. Hunter tries to go lay with Jade but she will have none of it, so he has taken over her spot. And, instead of knocking him off, or laying with him, she hops up to the top of the couch.

Cheerleading!

Kalee cheered at her first football game tonight - she was super cute, as you can see! She is cheering for the Bears. She loved it. As we were walking back to the truck she said, "oh man, my legs are tired...and I am starving! I think I could eat a lot!" The game was exciting (ok, the last 6 minutes were exciting) we won, 13 to 0. Rich is soooo excited about 8 more weeks of games - ha!

Yes, she does exist...Here's Charley!!!

Here she is! Since Crystal and Kelly are still having...um...technical difficulties and haven't posted any pictures we decided that we needed to go see Charley in person! We spent the afternoon with Crystal and Charley today (Kelly was working on the Falcon). Charley is 12 lbs and super cute! Crystal looks great, too - skinny already!!! Of course, Charley is just a little doll. We were having great conversations, until I turned on the camera! I did finally manage to catch a few of the "cutest" moments, though. Such a fun day!

This video is of Kalee and her friend, Emma, sliding down the slimy rocks at the creek. Kalee, is of course, still the little dare devil. The girls fell on their bums, sides, knees and even flat on the bellies/faces soooo many times ~ but that didn't stop them from having a blast (and no bones were broken!). Even Hunter took a little spill as he jumped from rock to rock. Kalee also had her first "non-family" sleep over this weekend. My baby is growing up. :(